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Poets see the world with “new eyes”. They make the ordinary extraordinary by paying attention to the particulars, noting the specifics of a feeling or experience and building images that connect and communicate by expressing our common humanity. Jade Carter and Adrianna Garner are poets, and students, at Anacortes High School. They interviewed one another, reflecting on poetry in their lives. What does poetry mean to you? Addi: Poetry is a way to express what the world is to you right now. It’s a way of distilling all this input that you come...
A child huddles over a paper, pencil in mouth, brow furrowed in concentration. Another child, half a world away, glides his pen rapidly, eager to jot down the thoughts, feelings and images that comprise his life. A youth quietly cries as she records a painful memory held deep inside. Another shouts with joy, excited to let the world know just who he is. This is the Self-Portrait Project, made possible through a collaboration of the Museum of Northwest Art, the Skagit River Poetry Project and...
